Some of our favorite recipes

We have a large collection of recipes we've used over the years, but for the last few years, we've settled on some of the easiest, most nutritious ones, and we've added a few more, simpler recipes as we go along and learn more.

We've divided these into categories based on the main ingredient rather than on its role in a meal. For example, our Black Bean Brownie recipe is in the "Beans" category, rather than in a "Dessert" category.

However, many of these recipes span two categories (at least).

Some of our favorite, simple recipes

Reflections

I think that there's some brainwashing going on with this idea that we don't have time to cook anymore. We have made cooking seem much more complicated than it is, and part of that comes from watching cooking shows on television—we've turned cooking into a spectator sport. … My wife and I both work, and we can get a very nice dinner on the table in a half hour. It would not take any less time for us to drive to a fast-food outlet and order, sit down, and bus our table.